Label-affixing machine.



PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

C. H. BOUTON. LABEL AFPIXING MACHINE.

ArPLIoATIoN FILED Nv. 2. 1906.

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PATENTBD OUT. 29. 1907.

C. H. BOUTON. LABEL APFIXING'MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2. 190e.

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No. 869,545. PATENTED 001.29. 1907. c.-H.BooToN. LABEL APFIXING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1906.

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LABEL AFFIXING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILB) NOV. 2. 1906.

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No. 869,545l PATENTED OCT. 29. 190'?. C. H. BOUTON. LABEL AFFIXING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. Z. 1906.

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rgyijnivfr onirica CHAUNCEY HOLCOMB .UOOTON, OF GALLIPOLIS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO Tlll AIBv AUTOMATIC MAILING MACHINE COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS,

OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

LABEL-AFFIXING MCHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

To all ywhom fl. muy cont-rm:

.Be it known that l, tniwNcnv lloteonrs Boo'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gallipolis, in theeonnty of Gallia and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful LabeLAtlixing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines of that general class employed for atlixing stamps or labels to envelops, packa` is, or the like, and more especially to machines for addressing newspapers, where the names and addresses of subscribers are printed on a continuous strip that is placed in the machine, the strip being coated on one side with adhesive material as it passes through the machine, and being severed into separate labels each having a naine and address, the labels being forced against the newspapers or wrappers.

One object of the invention is to provide for accurately feeding the strip, so that the address slips may be cnt from the strip with the utmost uniformity, and there can be no possibility of nnder-feed, or overfeed of the strip, so that the machine may be operated with the utmost rapidity and without making it necessary for the operator to carefully watch the strip dur ing the cutting operation.

A, still further object of the invention is to provide a feeding means that is positively locked at the completion of eaclr feeding movement, so that accidental feeding or slipping of the gears or strip from acquired` momentum of the feeding devices cannot take place.

A still further object of the invention is to provide for readily adjusting the extent of feeding movement, so that address slips of varying width may be cut from the strip.

still further object of the invention is to avoid the accumulation of the adhesive material on any of the feeding devices.

A still further object of the invention is to hold the adhesive coated surface of the strip from contact with the cutting devices d uriug the feeding movement, the only engagement of the cutters with the strip being during the actual cutting operation.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a machine of such construction that on the depression of a single operating member, the .feed will take place and the feeding rollers locked, and the projecting end of the strip severed and forced into contact with the surface to which it is to be applied.

A still further object of the invention is to so construct and mount the feedingl device as to permit. of the convenient introl'luction of a fresh address strip.

A still. further object of the invention is to improve, sinnrilify and ehe-apen the construction of the adhesive applying mechanisnt and to so arrange the parts that the adhesive containing vessel may be readily removed should it become necessary to replenish the supply, or to clean the vessel.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved carrying device for the address strip, so that fresh strips may be readily placed in position in the machine.

A still further object of the invention is to improve, simplify, and eheapen the construction of the machine as a whole, and to provide a novel form of hand machine of light and compact construction which may be readily manipulated by one hand, thc carrying and holding handle serving also as the means through which movement is imparted to all of the operating mechanism.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in eertain novel features of construction and arrangement 0f parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed ont in the appended claims, it being understood lthat various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:-fFignre l is a longi tudinal sectional view of a label attaching machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation, looking from one side of the machine. Fig. S is a similar view, looking from the opposite side of the machine. Fig. l is a front eleva-'tion of the machine. Fig. 5 is a view of a portion of the parts shown in Fig. l, the positions shown being that assumed at the completion of a feeding and severing operation. Fig. t5 is a side elevation of a portion of the machine with the pawl carrying lever and locking device removed. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the adhesive. supplying roller and doctor. Fig. S is a detail perspective view of the lower feeding roller. Fig. S) is a view looking from the inner face of the pawl carrying and locking lever. Fig. il() is a sectional plan view of the address strip carrying mandrel, Fig. .l l is a detail view, illustrating slips of different width which may be cut from the address strip.

Similar numerals of reference areemployed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several tigures of the drawings.

The fiaimavork includes a pair of mating side frames Vl0 that, are (,:onnected by a suitable bottom frame ll, and by cross bars Vl2 and 1?), all parts of the framework being made as light. as possible in order that the machine may be readily manipulated by one hand.

At the lower front edge of the machine is secured a stationary cutter lst, and at one side of the frame is a headed stud lt, to which is pivoted a movable cutter 17, a spring .l8 placed between the head of the stud and movable cutter, serving to force the latter against the stationary cutter, so that the two cutting edges may properly cooperate. To the outer face of the movable critter' is secured a presser block 19 which engages the severed slip and presses the same into contact with the surface to which it is to be attachedA The upper front cross bar 12 carries a pair of spaced side bars 20, that are connected near their upper ends by a pin 21 that carries a small block 22, preferably formed of rubber or other yieldable material. The

rear cross bar 13 carries a pair of lugs 23, between which is pivoted the rear end of an operating lever 24, the front end of the latter extending between, and being guided by, the two vertical bars 20, and mounted on said operating lever is a handle 25 by which the machine may be carried about, and through which movement is imparted to all of the working parts. To the front end of the operating lever 24 is secured a cross bar 26 that is connected by a link 27 to the movable cutting knife, and normally the operating lever and the cutter are maintained in elevated position by a pair of coiled tension springs 27 extending between fixed pins or screws 28 at the upper ends of the bars 20, and pins 29 projecting from the opposite sides of the operating lever.

The opposite side frames are provided with bearings for the reception of a transversely disposed rock shaft 30, to the central portion of which is secured a rocker arm 31 that is connected by a pair of links 31 to the operatinglever 24, and each time the front end of the operating lever is depressed, the shaft will receive rocking movement to precisely the same extent, and the movement is at all times uniform, no matter what may be the width of the slip to be cut. The movement of this rock shaft is transmitted to the strip feeding devices, through an arm 32 that is rigidly secured to one end of the shaft, and operates through a pawl carrying lever 33 to transmit movement to the feeding devices in the manner hereinafter described. The side frames are further provided with bearings for the reception of an upper feed shaft 34, that carries a plurality of spaced feed disks 35, that preferably have roughened, or knurled, faces to engage with and positively feed the strip. On one end of this shaft is secured a pinion 36 that intermeshes with a gear wheel 37 mounted on a stud shaft 38, that is carried by one of the side frames, and secured to, or formed integral with the gear 37, is a ratchet wheel 39 having precisely the same number of teeth as the gear wheel. The movable pawl carrying lever 33 is provided with a counter weight pawl 40 that engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel and transmits movement through the ratchet wheel to the gear wheel and pinion.

The opposite side members of the frame have threaded openings for the reception of pointed screws 41, the ends of which engage in openings formed in a transversely extending bar 42 that is arranged under, and to the rear of the main feed shaft 34. This bar is provided with projecting arms 43 that have bearing openings for the reception of reduced end portions of a secondary feed shaft 44, carrying disks 45, of a number equal to the disks 35 and arranged immediately opposite said disk, so that the address strip will be firmly gripped between the two sets of disks. These vlower' disks are preferably formed of rubber, or other yieldable material, or are provided with encircling rims of rubber. To one end of the cross bar 42 is secured a vertically extending arm 46, the upper portion of which is connected to one end of a spring 47, the opposite end of said spring being connected to a stationary pin 48, and said spring yieldably holds the lower feeding member against the lower face of the strip to be fed. The upper end of the arm 46 is conveniently arranged at one side of the machine, so that it may be thrown forward in order to lower the secondary feed shaft, 'and by forcing the lower set of feed disks out of engagement with the other set of disks, the strip may be moie conveniently introduced between them.

The adhesive containing vessel 50 is carried by a base plate 51, to which it is rigidly secured, and at the front end of the plate is a slot 52, and at the rear end of said plate is a key-hole slot 53, these serving to receive headed pins or sc rews 54, so that the vessel as a whole may be conveniently removed from position when necessary. A

The opposite side frames are further provided with threaded openings for the reception of pivot screws 5G, the inner ends of which enter recesses formed in the ends of a cross bar 57. This cross bar carries two forwardly extending arms 58 that are united by a bracing bar 59, and near the ends of the bars are recesses 60 for the reception of the end pintles 61 of an adhesive supplying roller G2, the latter being provided with a number of peripheral grooves G4 that are in alinement with the sets of feed disks 35 and 45, and serve a purpose more fully hereinafter described. The two arms 58 serve further as supports for a doctor G5, in the form of a thin metallic plate having forwardly projecting tongues 66 which enter the grooves G4, and from the opposite sides of the arms project pins 67 that rest on the side walls of the adhesive containing vessel, and

thus limit the extent of immersion of the roller.

From the rear portions of the side frames extend arms 70, one of which carries an inwardly extending pin 7l, having a pointed end that may enter an opening formed in the end of a strip winding mandrel 72. The opposite arm is provided with a bearing opening for a slidable and revoluble shaft 74, on the outer end of which is a pinion 7 5'. The inner end of the shaft carries a disk 76, having a conical center pin 77 which may enter an opening in the opposite end of the mandrel, and from said disk projects a pin 78, also adapted to enter an opening in the mandrel. Between the disk and the inner face of the arm, or an auxiliary washer, such as 79, extends a spring 80 that tends to force the disk inward and maintain the mandrel in proper position. The mandrels are preferably formed of wood, and the previously addressed strips may be wound on these mandrels by other machinery, a mandrel carrying a previously `wound strip being readily placed in position by pressing one end against the disk 76, and forcing the same outward until the opposite end of the mandrel can be engaged with the pin 71. In order, however, to provide for the winding of a strip on a mandrel already in position, a gear wheel 8l is arranged at the upper end of a pivot arm 82, supported by the frame, said gear inter-meshing with the pinion 75, and being provided with a handle 82/, by which it may be turned to wind up a strip. During the unwinding operation, the arm is thrown over in the direetion indicated by the arrow, Fig. 3, until the teeth oi the gears are out of mesh. lt will be observed that the spring S0 not only guides the disk against the end of the mandrel, but also tends to pull the inner tace ot' the pinion against the outer wall of the trame, there being suilicient friction between the two to prevent the mandrel revolving loosely.

Returning now to the eed actuating mechanism, it will be observed that pawl carrying lever 33 includes a disk or plate 90, from which projects a counter- Weight 91 which tends to maintain the pawl carrier in proper initial position. In the present instance the ratchet wheel 37, and the gear wheel 39 each have twenty-four teeth, and the pinion 3G has twelve teeth. As will appear further on, the range ol movement ol the pawl carrier may be adjusted so that the pawl 40 may rotate the ratchet wheel to the extent of one, two, or three teeth, or this may be carried out to a iurther extent ii necessary. On rotation to the extent oi a single tooth, the pinion 36 will be moved one-twell'th of a revolution, and the width ol the strip led will be as indicated at x in Fig. ll. When two teeth Inove- Inents occur, a strip of the width indicated at y will be led, and when the ratchet wheel is moved to the extent ol' three teeth, a strip of the width indicated at z will be fed. From' the disk like portion ol' the pawl carrier, a segment is cut, leaving a recess having two walls 92 and 93, at the juncture ot' which is a'small radially extending recess 9st, for the reception ol' the end oi' the rocker arm 32. The end oi the arm normally rests in this small recess, and when the rock shalt 30 is turned, the end of the arm in pressing against the wall of said recess will gradually turn the pawl carrier in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 2, until the end of the arm is wholly out ol the recess, and in engagement with the curved wall 93. This movement ol the arm from the recess is sufficient to effect the desired rotative movement ol the pawl carrier, and by the time the end ot the arm engages the curved wall 9S, the feeding movement will be completed, the further travel o l' the arm in engagement with the wall 93 being practically lost motion so far as this portion or' the mechanism is concerned, and permitting l'urther downward movement of the operating handle in order to accomplish the cutting operation. It will be observed that trom the completion ol' the feeding movement to the end ol' the cutting operation, the end. or' the rocker arm remains in contact with the curved wall 93, the latter being then disposed on a curved line struck l'rom the axis o the rock shalt 30, and any rearward movement o the pawl carrier will be positively prevented.

To the side of the l'rame is pivoted a locking pawl 90, the locking end of which is arranged to engage between the teeth of the gear wheel and immediately prior to the completion oi movement ol' the pawl carrying disk a pin 97 carried by said disk will engage with said pawl, and will move the same positively between the teeth oi the disk. .The locking movement being completed at the moment the rocker arm 32 leaves the recess 9i, and inasmuch as the pawl carrying disk is positively held in position after the feeding operation, the pin 97 will be held against the pawl, and said pawl will be retained in its position between two teeth ol the gear wheel, positively preventing any movement ol' the latter in either direction. When downward pressure on the handle is relieved, the rocker arm will ride back over the inclined face 93, and will again engage in the recess 94, effecting movement ol the pawl carrier in the reverse direction, and such movement being assisted by the counter-weight 91, and the pawlr L10 clicking over one, or two, oi three teeth ol' the ratchet wheel.

ln order to determine the extent ol movement ol the pawl carrying disk, a stop rack 9S is employed. This rack bar is pivoted on a pin 99 near the lower portion ol'v the h'amc, and has teeth l0() ol a number corresponding to the number ol' adjustments, three in the present instance. 'lhe upper end ot' this lever moves over a lrame bar lOl having a number ol' openings 102, and to the rack bar is secured one end oi a spring 11.03, carrying at its l'ree end a pin 101i, extending through an opening in the end of the rack bar, and into any one of the openings l02, in order to lock the bar in any desired position. On thc pawl carrier is a pin l05, which is arranged to engage the teeth 1100. When the parts are adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2, the pin l0-fl is in engagement with the uppermost ol' the openings 102, and the pin V105 will, therel'ore, engage willi the uppermost ol the teeth 100. ln this position the effective movement of the pawl carrying disk is to the extent ol a single tooth ol the ratchet wheel, the smallest possible leed. Should it be desired to leed to a greater extent, the pin |071 is drawn out ol' the uppermost opening, and the rack bar turned down until the pin enters the second opening l02. 'lhe pawl carrier must then move back until it engages the central tooth 100, and the movement in this instance will be equal to the extent ol two teeth ol' the ratchet wheel. 'lhe third adjustment ol the pin l0-'l to the lowcrmost ol the openings l02, will permit a range ol movement equal to three ol' thc teeth ol' the ratchet wheel.

A strip ol paper passes over the adhesive applying roller, revolving the latter by l'riction, but the spaces represented by the grooves (il, prevent the application ol paste at these points, so that the strip will have three, more or less, dry spaces throughout its entire length. lt is with these dry spaces that the lower leed disks Ll5 engage, so that none ot' the adhesive material ever comes in contact with the [ceding-device, and annoyance l'rom this cause is avoided. ln many machines ot this type where a strip previously supplied with paste is forced over the cutting lv'nile, there will be an accumulation oi the adhesive on the knile, and to avoid this the l'rame is provided with a plurality ol' vertically disposed pins l07, disposed at a point near the lower stationary knile, and arranged to engage thc dry spaces ol' the strip, and to support said strip, so that its lower surl'ace will bc held up above the knil'e during the l'ceding operation, nml the knil'c will only come in contact with the strip during the actual cutting operation. lo further assist in placing the strip in position, a. guard pin or bar 10S, arranged immediately above the pins 107, is provided at one end with threads screwing into a threaded socket in the trame, and at the opposite end has a milled knob l09 to permit its convenient removal.

ln the operation ol the device, the rack bar is lirst adjusted to eltect the leerling ol' the strip to the desired extent. The handle 25 is then grasped, and as the machine in practice is very light, it may be elevated and placed on the newspaper or other articles to which the labels are to be applied, downward pressure being then exerted on the handle, and forcing down the operating lever 2li. rl`he knile immediately commences to descend, and before reaching cutting position the i'ocker' arm 32 will have moved oirt ol' the recess 911, and turned the ratchet pawl carrier to effect the feeding movement, alter which the arm 32 will engage tliecrirved wall 93 Ol' the pawl car'r'ier, and the feeding mechanism will'be positively locked during the further' downward movement ol the handle to torce the movable knil'e past the stationary knife.

While the machine has been dcsci'ibed as intended moi'e especially for' the cuttingl and pasting ol` address strips on newspapers and the like. it is to be understood that it may also be used for' attaching' labels, stamps or the like to envelops, packages, or surfaces ol" any'desci'iption and tor any purpose.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed l. ln a strip feeding device, a i'evolrrble member' for enY gaging the strip, a ratchet wheel having a gearing connection with said revolrible member, a pawl carrier', a pawl supported thereby and eng' jing the ratchet wheel, means for operating the pawl carrier'. and means for locking the par'ts at the completion ot" each feeding' movement, while permitting' coiitinried inactive movement oi' the pawl cari'ier' operating member.

In a strip t'eeding' device. a revolrible meinbei' for engaging the strip, a ratchet wheel having' a gearing conY nectioir with said r'evolnble member', a gear' wheel movable with the ratchet wheel and forming part of said gearing connection. a pawl carrier, a pawl supported thereby and engaging the r' 'chet wheel, a locking pawl and means on the pawl carrier tor positively moving the locking' pawl into engagement with the .'"ear wheel and servingl to pi'eA vent movement ot' the same in either direction at the coinpletioii ot' the movement ot" the pawl carrier.

Ji. ln a sti'ip t'eeding device. a i'evolrible member i'or engaging the strip. a ratchet wheel having' a gearing connection with said revoluble member, a gear wheel movable with the ratchet wheel and l'orming pai't ot said gearing connection. a pawl carrier, a pawl srippor'ted thereby and engaging the ratchet wheel, a pivotally mounted locking pawl adapted to engage between the teeth ot the gear' wheel, and a pin pro` ting from the pawl cai'i'iei' and adapted to engage said locking pawl at the completion o1' each l'eeding movement.

l. ln strip feeding niecliaiiisiri, a strip engaging' member. and an operating means including' a ratchet wheel, a pawl f engI ging' therewith. a pivotal-ly mounted pawl carrier hav i ing a rece'` approximately radial ol the axis ot movement ot' the pawl cai'i'iei'- an arm arranged to enter the recess and movable therein to operate the pawl carrier', said pawl carrier having a curved tace with which the arm engages at the completion ot each feeding movement to prevent rearward movement ot' the pawl carrier.

ln a strip feeding mechanism, the combination with a revolrible strip engaging member, ot' a pawl carrier having' an approximately segmental reci a rocker ai'iii arranged i to engage the walls oi' s: d rec a pawl, a ratchet wheel l with which the pawl engages, and gearing' connections be? l tween the ratchet wheel and the strip engaging member'.

(i. In a machine ol' the class described, a strip engaging member. an operating' member, a rocker arm coiiiiecied to said operating member, a recessed pawl carrier with which the rocker arm engages, means t'or adjusting the pawl cari'iei' to alter' the extent or' movement transmitted to the sti'ip engaging member', a pawl, a ratchet wheel with which the pawl engages and means connecting the ratchet wheel to said strip engaging member.

T. In ,a machine ci' the class described, a strip engaging' member. an operatingl member'. a rocker arm connec ved to the operaring' member, a recessed pawl carrier with which arm engages, means toi' limiting the movement ot the pawl cai'i'ier', a pawl, a ratchet wheel with which the pawl engages, and means i'or' transmitting movement from the ratchet wheel to the strip engaging member'.

S. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a strip engaging inenrbei', o1' an operating member', a rocker arm, a recessed pawi carrier with which the rocker ar'm engages. a piir'or' lng' on said pawl carrier, an adjustable rack bar-with which said pin engages to limit rcar ward movement o't the pawl cai'i'iei', a pawl, a ratchet wheel with which thepawl engages, and means for transmitting movement i'roin the ratchet wheel to the strip engaging' member'.

E). ln a machine or' the class described, a strip engaging inember, an operating member', a rocker arm connected t0 the operating member', a recessed pawl carrier with which the arm engages. a pin or lug projecting' from the pawl carrier. a pivotally iiioriiitcd rack bar having` a plurality of teeth, said rack bar being' adjustable to present any one ol' its teeth into the path of movement of said pin or lug, a pawl, a ratchet wheel with which the pawl engages, and means for transmitting' movement from the ratchet whee to the strip engaging member'.

l0. ln a machine of the class described, a strip engaging member. an operating member, a rocker ai'in connected to the operatingl member, a recessed pawl carrier with which said arni eng es, a pin or lugl secured to the pawl carrier, a rack bar pivoted at one end and provided at its opposite end with a spring pressed locking catch for holding the rack bai' in adjusted position, a pawl, a ratchet wheel with which the pawl engages, and means for transmitting move ment from the ratchet wheel to the strip engaging member.

11. In a machine of the class described, a strip engaging member'. an operating member, a rocker arm connected to the operating member, a recessed pawl carrier with which the rocker arm engages, a counter' weight on the pawl cai' i'ier' tor restoring the same to initial position, a pawl, a ratchet wheel with which the pawl engages, and a gear wheel secured to and movable with the ratchet wheel, a locking' pawl ifor engaging the gear' wheel, a pin on the pawl cai'i'iei' tor moving the locking pawl to gear' engaging position, a stop pin on the pawl'carrier, an adjustable rack bar with wnich the stop pin ei ages, and means for transc, mitting movement from the gear' wheel to the strip engaging' member.

12. ln a machine of the class described, a fixed critter, a movable critter, and a plurality of spaced supports ai'- ranged at the rear ot' the iixed cutter' and serving to hold the projected portion or' the strip above and out of contact with the tixed cutter'.

13. ln a machine ot the class described, a iixed critter', a movable cutter', and a plurality of spaced pins arranged to the i'ear' ot'- the tixed critter and serving to elevate the projected portion ot' the strip above and out of contact with said fixed critter'.

11i. in a .machine ol the class described, a i'cvolrible leed member held in lixed bearin"` a second revolrrble tecd member', a pivotallv mounted traine having' bearings tor the 'second member', a spring connected to the frame and tending' to torce the second member' into engagement with the first, and a lever' connected to said frame i'or separating said members.

15. In a machine ot' the class described, a frame, a fixed critter. a pivotally mounted cutter, an operating lever pivoted at one end, guides for thc lree end of the lever'. and a link connecting the free end of said lever' to the pivoted critter'.

lo. In a machine of the class described, a detachable strip carrying mandrel having end recesses, a fixed pin eng' ging one ot' the recesses, a movable pin engaging' the opposite re a disk at the end ot the mo-vable pin, a sprin"' engaging said disk and tending to t'orce the pin 'ainst thc mandrel, and a second pin carried by the disk and entering a recess in said mandrel.

1T. In a machine ot the class described, a detachable strip supporting mandrel havi g' end recesses, a fixed pin engageable in one ot' the rece' s, a slidably morinted pin lor engaging the opposite rectss, a disk carried by the movable pin mounted in a guiding opening in the frame and engaging the opposite end of the mandrel, a spring tending to force the movable pin toward the mandrel, a pinion on said movable pin, and a winding gear internieshing with the pinion.

. 19. In a machine of the class described, a skeleton frame including side members, and front and rear cross bars, a pair of vertically disposed spaced guide bars projecting upward from 'the front cross bar, a lever pivoted to the rear cross bar and having its i'ront end extending between the'guide bars, a fixed cutter, a pivoted cutter, a link connecting the pivoted cutter to the trent end of the frame, and springs for restoring the cutter to initial po4 sition.

20. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a skeleton frame including, side members and front and rear cross bars, of vertically disposed spaced guide bars extending upward from the front cross bar, an operating lever pivoted to the rear bar and extending between smid guide bars, :l fixed cutter, a pivoted cutter having a link connection with the front end of the lever, a strip feeder, and an operating, means iherel'or including a rock shaft, a rocker :iriu connected thereto, a link connecting [he rocker arin to the operating level'.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing :is my own, I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CI-IAUNCEY I'IOLCOMU OO'lON.

Witnesses:

I1. W. Cnnnnixwrox, li. li. EAenus. 

